Species Bacteroides gracilis

Name: Bacteroides gracilis Tanner et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra’ci.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. gracilis, slim, slender, thin

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33236; CCUG 27720; DSM 19528; FDC 1084; JCM 8538; NCTC 12738

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16S rRNA gene: AB971815 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tanner ACR, Badger S, Lai CH, Listgarten MA, Visconti RA, Socransky SS. Wolinella gen. nov., Wolinella succinogenes (Vibrio succinogenes Wolin et al.) comb. nov., and description of Bacteroides gracilis sp. nov., Wolinella recta sp. nov., Campylobacter concisus sp. nov., and Eikenella corrodens from humans with periodontal disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:432-445.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Campylobacter gracilis (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1995

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Campylobacter gracilis (Tanner et al. 1981) Vandamme et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- Bacteroides gracilis is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacteroides.
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tanner ACR, Badger S, Lai CH, Listgarten MA, Visconti RA, Socransky SS. Wolinella gen. nov., Wolinella succinogenes (Vibrio succinogenes Wolin et al.) comb. nov., and description of Bacteroides gracilis sp. nov., Wolinella recta sp. nov., Campylobacter concisus sp. nov., and Eikenella corrodens from humans with periodontal disease. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:432-445.

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Record number: 783447

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